Pawnee (Parks and Recreation)
| Pawnee, Indiana | |
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| Parks and Recreation location | |
| Created by | Greg Daniels and Michael Schur |
| Genre | Television program |
| Type | City |
| Notable locations | City Hall |
| Notable characters |
Leslie Knope Ann Perkins Chris Traeger Ron Swanson Tom Haverford April Ludgate Ben Wyatt Andy Dwyer Jerry Gergich Donna Meagle Jean-Ralphio Saperstein |
Pawnee, Indiana (/pɔːˈniː/ paw-NEE) is the setting of the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. Since the show's start in 2009, the fictional town of Pawnee has received acclaim by fans and critics, with the town's colorful history and inhabitants being the joke or focal point for many episodes.
Pawnee is depicted as a typical mid-sized Indiana city in the fictional "Wamapoke County" about 90 miles from Indianapolis. Dialogue from the show and other officially licensed material suggest a population in the range of 60,000 to a little over 80,000.
Pawnee's fictional history begins with its founding in 1817, which was very shortly followed by the driving of the Native American Wamapoke tribe from the land. The town is depicted as having an extensive history of abuses of the Wamapoke people.
Pawnee's twin town is Eagleton, Indiana, a smaller but wealthier adjacent community. Eagleton was founded by Pawnee's richest original settlers, who moved uphill shortly after Pawnee's establishment to found their own town. A mutual dislike between the communities has festered ever since. However, in "The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic", due to an Eagleton budget crisis, the town is dissolved and incorporated into Pawnee.
Pawnee is noted as being in Indiana's 10th congressional district, which in reality has been obsolete since 2003.
The town is shown to have many flaws and problems, including a raccoon infestation and an obesity crisis, the latter being mainly the result of the town's major employer being a candy company called "Sweetums". The populace are generally unsophisticated but have a high degree of civic engagement. Over the course of the series, in part due to the actions of Leslie Knope and her associates, the town's fortunes improve and Pawnee becomes a more desirable place to live.
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